Advisers meeting with clients on year-end strategies may be discussing a fixed income portfolio which sufficiently diversifies credit risk
High levels of correlation in the U.S. stock market have made picking individual stocks increasingly difficult
Financial advisers recently surveyed about fixed-income allocations indicated a continuing strong preference for municipal and corporate bonds.
As the market for taxable munis expands, many advisors and investors are rethinking their approach to municipal bonds.
Build America Bonds were introduced in April 2009 to create jobs and to help municipalities offset borrowing costs with a 35 percent direct subsidy from the U.S. Treasury.
When selecting investment grade corporate bonds in the current rate environment, a common question is: 'How much better can it get'?
Bond ETFs are gaining a substantial following among portfolio managers and investors.
Legendary investor Benjamin Graham wrote in The Intelligent Investor that the proportion of an investor's portfolio held in bonds should never be less than 25% or more than 75%.
